According to sources, Maldivian President Mohammed Waheed Hassan has categorically stated that China is not behind his government's decision to scrap the Male airport development contract with GMR Group. The President also indicated that there was a problem right from the beginnning in the approach of then president Mohamed Nasheed towards the deal. ...
09:58 AM, Dec 09, 2012
In a stern message to Maldives, India on Tuesday said it expected no arbitrary and coercive action should be taken pending the outcome of legal proceedings on the GMR contract issue and warned that recourse to any such action would have adverse consequences for bilateral relations. ...
10:24 PM, Dec 04, 2012
Maldives on Tuesday asserted that it would go ahead with the takeover of the Male International Airport from GMR later this week and said they along with the Indian firm had "worked out" a plan to hand over the running of the airport "without any hiccups". "Yes, we will go ahead with the takeover of the Airport as planned and on schedule," President Mohamed Waheed's press secretary Masood Imad said....
05:50 PM, Dec 04, 2012
In a move to put pressure on Male, India has frozen aid to the Maldives as its government on Monday decided to take control of the international airport despite a Singapore court staying the suspension of the contract given to India's GMR-led consortium. ...
11:25 PM, Dec 03, 2012
Upset with Maldives for unilaterally deciding to terminate the $500 million GMR airport project in New Delhi, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said it was a major setback in the bilateral relations of the two countries. ...
08:01 AM, Nov 30, 2012
